Pumpkin Question!

In anticipation of my stick blender purchase, I have been perusing recipes for soup. Tis' the season for pumpkin, so WS had a recipe for a roasted (I know, here we go with the oven again) pumpkin soup with cider cream. Looks interesting.

The recipe calls for 4 baking pumpkins or kabocha squash. I just have one question; HUH????????